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CVE-2009-1415
critical
Description
lib/pk-libgcrypt.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.6.6 does not properly handle invalid DSA signatures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA key that triggers a (1) free of an uninitialized pointer or (2) double free.
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50445
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50260
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2009-1413
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1218
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022157
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34783
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:116
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3488
http://secunia.com/advisories/35211
http://secunia.com/advisories/34842
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3502
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3515